by Rachel » Fri Dec 11, 2009 6:31 pm
Actors are the people in the business who get huge amounts of fan mail, this is all generally dealt with in the same way. When letters arrive, they are kept for a particular star in a box, it's someone's job to go through those letters, opening them and making sure they get rid of any hate mail. The "best" letters are kept in the box, this will then be taken to the recipient's house on a regular basis, maybe monthly or quarterly, for them to read/respond. The writers of the more plain letters, ie. "Dear John, I am a big fan of your work, best of luck, sincerely, Sarah Johnson" and "Please can I have an autograph" are often sent the generic "pre-signed" photo from the huge stack and then their letter is scrapped. Agencies tend to just send on those special letters and letters that appear to be from genuine fans with something really great to say, they don't want to waste the recipient's time with maybe 3000 letters a month that are just a paragraph long and all saying the same thing.
Singers and bands don't get as much fan mail, and honestly they see very, very small amounts of it unless it gets to them via a show or they are given mail in person at a meet and greet. Most record labels and management companies already have pre-signed photos to send out for when your letters arrive. Sometimes, when the band or artist visits their label for photo approvals or meetings they will pick up some fan mail, or sign individual pieces that have arrived recently, which is when some of us get that dedicated photo or personal item back.
Actors are the people in the business who get huge amounts of fan mail, this is all generally dealt with in the same way. When letters arrive, they are kept for a particular star in a box, it's someone's job to go through those letters, opening them and making sure they get rid of any hate mail. The "best" letters are kept in the box, this will then be taken to the recipient's house on a regular basis, maybe monthly or quarterly, for them to read/respond. The writers of the more plain letters, ie. "Dear John, I am a big fan of your work, best of luck, sincerely, Sarah Johnson" and "Please can I have an autograph" are often sent the generic "pre-signed" photo from the huge stack and then their letter is scrapped. Agencies tend to just send on those special letters and letters that appear to be from genuine fans with something really great to say, they don't want to waste the recipient's time with maybe 3000 letters a month that are just a paragraph long and all saying the same thing.
Singers and bands don't get as much fan mail, and honestly they see very, very small amounts of it unless it gets to them via a show or they are given mail in person at a meet and greet. Most record labels and management companies already have pre-signed photos to send out for when your letters arrive. Sometimes, when the band or artist visits their label for photo approvals or meetings they will pick up some fan mail, or sign individual pieces that have arrived recently, which is when some of us get that dedicated photo or personal item back.